In Pictures: Bed and breakfast boasts impressive lawn ornaments
Model A Acres, a bed and breakfast located in Clarington, Ont, features a collection of restored cars and life-size replicas of airplanes constructed out of scrap metal
Ian Baron was 21 years old when he restored his first Model A Ford, a 1931 street rod that he paid $350 for. He still owns it and is now worth $33,000. He’s restored eight Model As: five for the road (he sold three), three as static lawn ornaments at Model A Acres and one became a headboard for one of the guest rooms.
The Sherman tank, started in Nov. 2012, was completed in July 2013. It’s mounted on a 1989 Silverado pickup truck. A paving company in London donated its rubber track and its windows came from a school bus. It can shoot small firecrackers toward the U-boat through a barrel made from light posts and a fire extinguisher.
The 1944 Messerschmitt ME 109 G, modelled after German flying ace Adolf Galland’s plane. Although the planes are static and don’t fly, the rudders and other controls are operational.
For their pond, Mr. Baron has constructed a World War II German U-boat. He originally thought about building an entire U-boat, but abbreviated his plans when he discovered that the original U-505 was 236 feet long.
1944 Spitfire Mark 9 was his most challenging projecting, taking 18 months to construct.
“If not for what I learned doing the Camel and the Red Baron’s plane, I never would have succeeded,” says Mr. Baron.
Mr. Baron build the 1916 Sopwith Camel (cartoon character Snoopy's plane) to commemorate the Year of the Veteran in 2005.
Their front lawn also features the 1918 DR1 Fokker, the Red Baron's plane